Protesters march against China chemical plant

Protests against a planned chemical plant in the southern Chinese city of Maoming ended with demonstrators throwing stones and water bottles, according to the local government.

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By HENRY SANDERSON

Bloomberg

Protests against a planned chemical plant in the southern
Chinese city of Maoming ended with demonstrators throwing
stones and water bottles, the local government said.

Demonstrators gathered over the weekend in front of the
citys Communist Party committee building and walked
slowly through the streets, the citys propaganda office
said in a statement on its official Weibo account. After
10:30 p.m. a few troublemakers threw stones and
water bottle that damaged public facilities, it said. No one was
hurt.

The protests were the latest sign of growing public anger in
China over pollution. Photos on social networking site Weibo
purportedly of the demonstration showed an overturned car on
the street and a crowd of people raising clenched
fists.

Last May, hundreds of people took to the streets of Kunming
in Yunnan province to protest plans to produce paraxylene at
a new refinery.

The protesters in Maoming, in southern Guangdong province,
didnt apply for a permit as required by Chinas
rules on demonstrations, the local government said in an
earlier statement.

The plant is due to produce aromatic hydrocarbon, or arene,
it said.

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